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Jon Court has won more than 4,200 races in his career. His mounts have earned in excess of $114 million.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Jockey Jon Court will be retiring after Sunday’s card at Oaklawn Park. The 63-year-old native of Gainesville, Fla., has four mounts, capped by League of Legends in the sixth race.
Court said he announced his decision Monday night. During his career, he’s been a fixture in the Midwest, and rode in Southern California from 2004-08. Court, who began riding in 1980, had won 4,263 races from 35,355 mounts in North America through Thursday for mount earnings of $114 million. In an overseas venture, he captured the Japan Dirt Cup in 2003 with Fleetstreet Dancer.